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'Tarzan' actor's son unarmed when fatally shot by deputies
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Authorities say the son of actor Ron Ely was unarmed when he was fatally shot earlier this month at the "Tarzan" star's home. The Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department says four d...
Oct 30, 2019
Nielsen says World Series is a snooze for most TV viewers
NEW YORK - Fans in Washington and Houston may be excited, but the rest of the country is reacting to the World Series with a collective yawn. Through the first five games, the World Series has been av...
Oct 30, 2019
Denmark allows Russia-Germany gas pipeline
COPENHAGEN - Denmark said Wednesday that it is giving permission for a joint German-Russian underwater gas pipeline to be laid to through its territory, in a blow to the United States, which had fierc...
Oct 30, 2019
NewsAlert: Andreescu eliminated WTA Finals
SHENZHEN, China - Canada's Bianca Andreescu has been eliminated from the WTA Finals after retiring from her match against Karolina Pliskova today with a left knee injury. Andreescu came up limping aft...
Oct 30, 2019
Lebanese protesters get creative as they block roads
BEIRUT - On a main thoroughfare in Beirut on Monday, Lebanese protesters set up a living room with an area rug, a couch and a refrigerator. On another, they held a morning yoga class. And on a third r...
Oct 30, 2019
IS leader's death ushers in new phase for the group
BEIRUT - One of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's last audio messages was an appeal for his followers to do everything in their power to free Islamic State detainees and the women being held in jails and camps i...
Oct 30, 2019
Colonel testifies he raised concerns about Ukraine, Trump
WASHINGTON - Defying White House orders, an Army officer serving with President Donald Trump's National Security Council testified to impeachment investigators Tuesday that he twice raised concerns ov...
Oct 30, 2019
Bregman regrets carrying bat to 1st after World Series homer
HOUSTON - Alex Bregman knocked a home run into the Crawford Boxes in the first inning of Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night to put Houston on top. Then he carried his bat with him all the way...
Oct 30, 2019
Continued sporting success the legacy of Vancouver Olympics: Furlong
VANCOUVER - John Furlong still sees the signature of the 2010 Olympic Games scrawled across Vancouver as he walks through the city's downtown. It's not just the cauldron where tourists gather for self...
Oct 30, 2019
EU delays Brexit to Jan. 31; Johnson election bid fails
LONDON - Britain got Brexit breathing space but no clarity on Monday when the European Union granted a three-month delay to the U.K.'s departure from the bloc, postponing it until Jan. 31. British pol...
Oct 30, 2019